class notes

[dreds]

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For those who have taken step 1: do you think it is helpful to study your class notes? I wasn't planning to use them, because it seems that the professors give a lot of extraneous information & leave out some things that are in the review books. I guess my outlook is that board review books are written with the boards in mind & lectures aren't. What do you think?
Thanks!

 

[OSUdoc08]

For those who have taken step 1: do you think it is helpful to study your class notes? I wasn't planning to use them, because it seems that the professors give a lot of extraneous information & leave out some things that are in the review books. I guess my outlook is that board review books are written with the boards in mind & lectures aren't. What do you think?
Thanks!

I'm going to use my pathology class notes......

but my professor is Ed Goljan.

 

[lattimer13]

For those who have taken step 1: do you think it is helpful to study your class notes? I wasn't planning to use them, because it seems that the professors give a lot of extraneous information & leave out some things that are in the review books. I guess my outlook is that board review books are written with the boards in mind & lectures aren't. What do you think?
Thanks!

your "outlook" is correct.

 

[trouta]

Do NOT use your class notes for exactly the reasons you described. There is already enough info you have to memorize for this exam without memorizing stuff that is very unlikely to show up on the exam. Focus on the material covered in the review books. Start with First Aid and if you need more info than go to specific review books. Dont use texts or anything that detailed.

 

[OSUdoc08]

Do NOT use your class notes for exactly the reasons you described. There is already enough info you have to memorize for this exam without memorizing stuff that is very unlikely to show up on the exam. Focus on the material covered in the review books. Start with First Aid and if you need more info than go to specific review books. Dont use texts or anything that detailed.

Unless your class notes are specifically designed for the boards.

 

[YouDontKnowJack]

i wish class notes could be as brief as review books. life would be so much easier.

 

[HamOnWholeWheat]

I think it depends on how you studied during year's 1 + 2. I studied a LOT, and focused almost entirely on class notes. I ended up memorizing every lecture handout, and I still remember many of them today.

With that said, I did use old class notes for Step I studying, as it was by far the highest-yield thing I could do. It only took me two days to re-memorize a year's worth of pharm. notes, versus looking through an entirely new book and still not having it memorized after a week or more.

Granted, pharm was a bad example, as everything you need to know is in First Aid anyway. But I think you get the point: its quicker to re-memorize than to start from scratch. If I had it to do over, I still would've gone over my old notes.

HamOn

 

[callendm]

I'm going to use my pathology class notes......

but my professor is Ed Goljan.

Hahaha must be nice...However, your responce does not help the person who asked the question. A better responce would have given them advice as to how to study for path.... Way to place yourself in a one up position 😉,,,Previous poster, you can get Goljan Path off Ebay...or use BRS pathology

 

[naveenanirada]

I'm going to use my pathology class notes......

but my professor is Ed Goljan.

Solid gold those notes man, solid gold! 😀
Wish I had them... 🙁